If you’ve followed Aztecs basketball, for a long while or just a little, you knew that the shot somehow was going to go in.
Never mind that Utah’s Carlon Brown was only a step past half court and double-teamed along the sideline when he let it go. Once again, the SDSU men’s basketball team had frittered away a seemingly insurmountable lead in the final minutes and — just like at Wyoming a couple of weeks ago — was doing everything it possibly could to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Plus, the Aztecs never win at Utah. Well, almost never. The Padres have been to the World Series the same number of times SDSU had left Salt Lake City with a win.
Brown’s shot was directly on line from 45-feet away, airborne just as the final horn sounded. But, for once, a miraculous comeback defeating the Aztecs wasn’t in the cards. The ball hit the heel of the rim and bounced away as SDSU hung on for a 70-68 victory.
The win was a big one for the Aztecs, who got a career-high 23 points and 13 rebounds from Malcolm Thomas, and improved to 14-5 overall and 3-2 in the Mountain West Conference. They rallied from nine points down at the half to beat TCU at home on Saturday and now have won two straight.
The winning streak comes on the heels of two disappointing losses on the road in which SDSU blew second-half leads, including the game in Laramie 10 days ago when they were up by 14 with just over four minutes left and lost by two.
A similar finish began to ominously develop over the final couple of minutes Tuesday night. Continue Reading →
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